LSI WarpDrive SLP-300 300GB PCI Express SSD Review

LSI WarpDrive – Test System

TEST SYSTEM

All tests were performed on a fresh and up-to-date install of Windows
7 Pro x64 with no
other applications running while using AHCI mode set through the BIOS. Synthetic Benchmarks were run with the OS loaded on a 40GB Corsair Force SSD. The
ASUS P6T Deluxe (BIOS v1701) motherboard uses an ICH10R south bridge chipset which supports
TRIM. The LSI WarpDrive does not currently support a secure erase procedure although the controllers themselves will, according to SandForce. Unless otherwise noted, the WarpDrive was allowed to sit idle for at least four hours to all garbage collection to clean up the drive in between benchmarks. All
components were set to their default speeds and are listed below:

Since there are so many SSDs out there now with different
controllers, we started a reference table of which
controllers are used by each drive to help you compare results.
Different controllers definitely perform differently and each has various strengths and weaknesses. Like CPU’s, even identical drives will have variations in performance and part of that variance may be attributable to the NAND flash used.